Kuro Hoshi (13 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 48097618. 1783432023. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator). 7/7/2026 1:47:03 PM.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

Condition: New. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Sixteen of Japan's most haunting ghosts, in full-page color.The white burial kimono, folded right over left, the way only the dead wear it. The wild black hair. The drooping hands. And the hem, where the feet should be and simply are not. That look was codified centuries ago by Edo painters like Maruyama Okyo and woodblock masters like Hokusai and Yoshitoshi, and you have been seeing it in anime, manga, and horror films your whole life.Yurei Illustrated puts sixteen of those spirits on the page, each with a full-page illustration and a complete field-guide profile.Inside this volume- Sixteen full-page color plates, one for every spirit.- Oiwa the wronged wife, Okiku counting plates in the well, Yuki-onna the snow woman, Zashiki-warashi the lucky house child, and Hanako-san, waiting in the third bathroom stall.- A profile for each one: Region of Origin, Earliest Known Tales, Nature, Appearance, Unique Power, and a Danger Level rating.- Survival Rules for every spirit. Practical, specific, and only half a joke.- Ancient kabuki ghosts and modern school urban legends side by side, from the Edo stage of 1825 to the classroom rumours of the 1950s.- Where each one turns up in modern anime, manga, and games.Why fans love itIt reads like a monster manual and looks like an art book. Sixteen entries you can open in any order, grounded in the kabuki plays, chronicles, and folklore collections the legends actually come from. And it explains the thing nobody explains: a yokai is a creature, but a yurei was a person.Perfect for- Anime and manga fans who want to know where the ghosts came from.- A gift for the teen or adult horror lover, at Halloween or any time of year.- Anyone who already owns an illustrated yokai guide and now wants the ghosts.Turn the page. Sixteen of them are waiting, and whatever you do, do not look behind you. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. They're weird. They're wild. They're waiting for you. Yokai Illustrated Volume 2 is a full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore - the shape-shifters, the tricksters and the things that should not move - each brought to life in an original illustration by Kuro Hoshi.Meet them all: the fox-spirit Kitsune, who marries a man and keeps her secret for years; the Tanuki, who turns himself into a teapot and runs away laughing; the Yuki-onna, whose breath freezes travellers where they stand; the Rokuro-kubi, whose neck unspools while her body sleeps; the serpent-bodied Nure-onna and her impossibly heavy baby; the hopping one-eyed umbrella Kara-kasa; the thousand-eyed Mokumokuren that watches through the holes in paper screens; the invisible wall Nurikabe; the hundred-year-old household objects called Tsukumo-gami; the faceless Nopperabo; the human-faced tree Jinmenju; the hand-eyed Te-no-me; the reeking blob Nuppeppo; the one-eyed goblin Hitotsume Kozo; the schoolhouse ghost Toire no Hanako; the slit-mouthed Kuchisake Onna; the New Year ogres Namahage; the back-riding Obariyon; and the smoke spirit Enen-ra.Every entry follows the same clear pattern: who the yokai is, the classic tale that made it famous, and what it has come to mean - from Edo-period woodblock prints to modern anime, manga and video games. An opening chapter explains what "yokai" actually means, and traces the tradition from Toriyama Sekien's 1776 Gazu Hyakki Yako (Illustrated Demons' Night Parade) through the Edo and Meiji heyday, the scholars who tried to debunk it, and its revival by Lafcadio Hearn and Shigeru Mizuki.This is not a scholarly monograph and not a book of reproduced antique prints. It is an illustrated bestiary built to be read for pleasure: short, vivid entries that give a newcomer the story and the meaning in a single sitting, and give the folklore enthusiast the creatures the popular guides leave out - Mokumokuren, Jinmenju, Te-no-me, Obariyon, Enen-ra.Warning: this book is not for the faint of heart, or for those who prefer boring bedtime stories.Printed in full color on a large 8.5 x 8.5 in page, with Kuro Hoshi's artwork given room to breathe. A standalone volume - Volume 1 is not required reading - and a natural gift for readers of Japanese mythology, folklore and horror, for anime and manga fans, and for artists and writers hunting reference. Second edition. A full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore: Kitsune, Yuki-onna, Kuchisake Onna, Namahage and more. Each gets an original Kuro Hoshi illustration, the classic tale behind it, and what it means. Second edition. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. They're weird. They're wild. They're waiting for you. Yokai Illustrated Volume 2 is a full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore - the shape-shifters, the tricksters and the things that should not move - each brought to life in an original illustration by Kuro Hoshi.Meet them all: the fox-spirit Kitsune, who marries a man and keeps her secret for years; the Tanuki, who turns himself into a teapot and runs away laughing; the Yuki-onna, whose breath freezes travellers where they stand; the Rokuro-kubi, whose neck unspools while her body sleeps; the serpent-bodied Nure-onna and her impossibly heavy baby; the hopping one-eyed umbrella Kara-kasa; the thousand-eyed Mokumokuren that watches through the holes in paper screens; the invisible wall Nurikabe; the hundred-year-old household objects called Tsukumo-gami; the faceless Nopperabo; the human-faced tree Jinmenju; the hand-eyed Te-no-me; the reeking blob Nuppeppo; the one-eyed goblin Hitotsume Kozo; the schoolhouse ghost Toire no Hanako; the slit-mouthed Kuchisake Onna; the New Year ogres Namahage; the back-riding Obariyon; and the smoke spirit Enen-ra.Every entry follows the same clear pattern: who the yokai is, the classic tale that made it famous, and what it has come to mean - from Edo-period woodblock prints to modern anime, manga and video games. An opening chapter explains what "yokai" actually means, and traces the tradition from Toriyama Sekien's 1776 Gazu Hyakki Yako (Illustrated Demons' Night Parade) through the Edo and Meiji heyday, the scholars who tried to debunk it, and its revival by Lafcadio Hearn and Shigeru Mizuki.This is not a scholarly monograph and not a book of reproduced antique prints. It is an illustrated bestiary built to be read for pleasure: short, vivid entries that give a newcomer the story and the meaning in a single sitting, and give the folklore enthusiast the creatures the popular guides leave out - Mokumokuren, Jinmenju, Te-no-me, Obariyon, Enen-ra.Warning: this book is not for the faint of heart, or for those who prefer boring bedtime stories.Printed in full color on a large 8.5 x 8.5 in page, with Kuro Hoshi's artwork given room to breathe. A standalone volume - Volume 1 is not required reading - and a natural gift for readers of Japanese mythology, folklore and horror, for anime and manga fans, and for artists and writers hunting reference. Second edition. A full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore: Kitsune, Yuki-onna, Kuchisake Onna, Namahage and more. Each gets an original Kuro Hoshi illustration, the classic tale behind it, and what it means. Second edition. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. They're weird. They're wild. They're waiting for you. Yokai Illustrated Volume 2 is a full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore - the shape-shifters, the tricksters and the things that should not move - each brought to life in an original illustration by Kuro Hoshi.Meet them all: the fox-spirit Kitsune, who marries a man and keeps her secret for years; the Tanuki, who turns himself into a teapot and runs away laughing; the Yuki-onna, whose breath freezes travellers where they stand; the Rokuro-kubi, whose neck unspools while her body sleeps; the serpent-bodied Nure-onna and her impossibly heavy baby; the hopping one-eyed umbrella Kara-kasa; the thousand-eyed Mokumokuren that watches through the holes in paper screens; the invisible wall Nurikabe; the hundred-year-old household objects called Tsukumo-gami; the faceless Nopperabo; the human-faced tree Jinmenju; the hand-eyed Te-no-me; the reeking blob Nuppeppo; the one-eyed goblin Hitotsume Kozo; the schoolhouse ghost Toire no Hanako; the slit-mouthed Kuchisake Onna; the New Year ogres Namahage; the back-riding Obariyon; and the smoke spirit Enen-ra.Every entry follows the same clear pattern: who the yokai is, the classic tale that made it famous, and what it has come to mean - from Edo-period woodblock prints to modern anime, manga and video games. An opening chapter explains what "yokai" actually means, and traces the tradition from Toriyama Sekien's 1776 Gazu Hyakki Yako (Illustrated Demons' Night Parade) through the Edo and Meiji heyday, the scholars who tried to debunk it, and its revival by Lafcadio Hearn and Shigeru Mizuki.This is not a scholarly monograph and not a book of reproduced antique prints. It is an illustrated bestiary built to be read for pleasure: short, vivid entries that give a newcomer the story and the meaning in a single sitting, and give the folklore enthusiast the creatures the popular guides leave out - Mokumokuren, Jinmenju, Te-no-me, Obariyon, Enen-ra.Warning: this book is not for the faint of heart, or for those who prefer boring bedtime stories.Printed in full color on a large 8.5 x 8.5 in page, with Kuro Hoshi's artwork given room to breathe. A standalone volume - Volume 1 is not required reading - and a natural gift for readers of Japanese mythology, folklore and horror, for anime and manga fans, and for artists and writers hunting reference. Second edition. A full-color field guide to 19 creatures of Japanese folklore: Kitsune, Yuki-onna, Kuchisake Onna, Namahage and more. Each gets an original Kuro Hoshi illustration, the classic tale behind it, and what it means. Second edition. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Hoshi, Kuro (illustrator).…